Improvement in portable sheds



T. L. WISWELL.

Portable-Sheds.

Patented May 18, 1875.

WITNESSES INVENTOR Y j///MML H 4" RKP CENY VQ ATTORNEYS UNITED STATESPATENT GFFIGE.

THEODOBE L. WISWELL, OF OLATHE, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT lN PCRTABLE SHEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,559, dated May 18,1875; application tiled April 4, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEoDoRE L. Wisv WELL,0Olathe,in the county of Johnson and State ot' Kansas, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Portable Sheds, Src.; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specitication, and to theletters and gures ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure l ot' the drawing is a representation ot a sectional view of myportable shed, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Figs'. 3, 4, 5,and 6 are detail views.

The object of my invention is to construct stables, cribs, bins, smallsheds, and boxes of sections in such a manner that the sections can bereadily put up and taken down and transported in a convenient manner.

The structure is composed ot' four close sides and a roof, the latter ofwhich may be constructed in any suitable manner, and is not thereforeclaimed. Two of the vertical sides are composed of rectangular frames,having boards nailed to them. The other two sides of the structure arecomposed, respectively, of two horizontal bars, having boards nailed tothem. The ends of the horizontal bars A A are halved upon the verticalbars B B, and permanently secured to them, the connections beingrendered very substantial by the nails or bolts, which securerectangular loops or staples C O to the frames at the junction of thebars A and B. At the ends of the bars A A the bars B have rectangularnotches cut into them, which will closely receive the ends of thehorizontal bars D D of the other two sides forming the structure, asshown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The ends of the bars D D have rectangularholes b through them, through which the loops or staples C C are passedin putting up the structure, after which wedges c c are driven throughthe projecting ends of the said loops, thereby firmly binding the partsand holding them rigidly together without any other fastening. Thelowest wedges c are made quite long, and being pointed they will enterthe ground, and thus stake the structure thereto, preventing it frombeing blown over by strong winds.

'It will be seen from the above description that, by simply withdrawingthe Wedges c c', the four sides of the structure can be detached, packedinto a small space, and conveniently and cheaply transported from oneplace to another.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and useful- The bars A A BB halved together, in conibination with bars D D, notched into bars B B,and confined thereto by means of staples C G and wedges c c', in themanner and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE LEROY WISWELL.

Witnesses:

H. S. BLAIR,

W. M. DU MONT.

